Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Audiobook read by Sir John Gielgud. Label: Nimbus Records. 1989
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@TomorrowWeLive3 жыл бұрын
I love the bits where you can hear he's restraining laughter. It's nice to a narrator enjoys what he's reading.
@TheLambLive5 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked at Nimbus records. As a very young child I got first hand experience of this performance. I listened to it, and the looking glass, sooo many times. Sir John was something absolutely special that I'm not sure exists in the world anymore.
@andrewthomas8916 ай бұрын
very beautiful awesome memory. Thanks for sharing
@dblvictory7 жыл бұрын
Beautifully read by Sir John. Note: the music only plays for a short time at the beginning and at the very end. Thanks for posting this, Roman.
@nimratmand33184 жыл бұрын
Is this the full audiobook?
@jennifermcdonald54327 жыл бұрын
Finally!! The other six or seven versions I have listened to seem to think it's a race to get to the end. I love this book, and now I listen to it to relax and unwind. With most versions they read so fast they run the words into each other. I don't want to have to work hard to hear the story, I like to relax and let the story wash over me. Sir John reads it perfectly, every word is clearly enunciated. My only problem is the music, although lovely, sometimes drowns out the voice!
@sharsimma5 жыл бұрын
Three words; Sir John Gielgud.
@iricdestret4 жыл бұрын
IF I MAY CALL YOU JENNY.......JENNY YOU MUST LISTEN MORE INTENTLY DURING THE PASSAGES OF MUSIC
@craigdylan39533 жыл бұрын
@@sharsimma NOthing worse than these bad voices trying to talk as FAST as possible. It's important to be slow and accurate and calm. It's not a race , it's a reading...get into it...
@beth_04983 жыл бұрын
Don't be shy, give me the link to the fast ones. I have to listen to this for a project. I don't want to listen to it any longer then i have to lmao.
@r.a.russell78032 жыл бұрын
Nice
@eduardo_corrochio6 жыл бұрын
Such a pleasant experience. Feels like we are seated near him, in some elegant old drawing room somewhere, and maybe some tea has been prepared. The brief musical interludes are very pretty, and luckily they don't interfere with the reading-- it's merely an intro/interlude to establish mood or to bridge chapters, and doesn't interfere with Gielgud's perfect and proper narration. He's clearly enjoying this, the character voices and such.
@salt_cots6 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely magical. I cannot think of a voice I'd rather hear reading this work.
@reillyjarrosiak633 жыл бұрын
YAYA
@SUPER_WOLFMOON3 жыл бұрын
So true! Such a lovely man!
@gregoryblaska1586 Жыл бұрын
Well, this is a treat! I always wondered what this particular read version sounded like and it is quite good! Lovely to hear the Victorian tone kept front and center. While a big fan of the late Christopher Plummer, I was disappointed with his move towards trendy characterizations in his recording of the complete ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Plummer was such an excellent actor and why he stooped to that level of spoon-feeding listeners is beyond me. My absolute favorite recorded reading of both ALICE books remains the complete texts read and performed by Cyril Ritchard with incidental music composed by Alec Wilder. I still have the big boxed 33 rpm LP-recording sets with the facsimile first edition volumes tucked into a cardboard pocket behind the records. After sixty-some years nothing tops those two treasures. They were clearly an act of love for Ritchard who really understood those classics' elements of nonsensical absurdity and fun. For adapted dramatized renderings nothing beats the 1950s CAEDMON recordings with Joan Greenwood as Alice and Stanley Holloway as the narrator leading an exemplary British cast. While abridged they are respectful to the letter of Carroll's text and after hearing Greenwood's unique vocalization one would be hard pressed to imagine anybody else; she gets Alice's essential sophisticated determination and her "inner adult". Thanks very much for posting this!
@jp.dlamini5 жыл бұрын
Love the musical interludes. Great read. In fact, using this voice in my head I can write in The Style of Lewis Carroll with greater ease.
@judyjohannesen-ryan9174 жыл бұрын
Excellent! One forgets about problems while listening. I think the music adds to the recording.
@j4r3d292 жыл бұрын
I’ve listened to this audiobook three times in the past two months (at work)… very fun way to pass time.
@Dan-sq4im3 жыл бұрын
So magical. You go down a rabbit hole and come back up stronger.
@RapunzelinOttawa8 жыл бұрын
The music appears to cover the introductions and conclusions of each chapter.
@mckavitt6 жыл бұрын
Now this is a most apt reading!! Bravo!! Many thanks for sharing. 👏
@MissAmyNic2 жыл бұрын
I was reading along with this (I'm dyslexic and was hoping this would help keep my brain focused and stop my eyes wandering the pages) and I had to stop a few pages in because several chunks or even whole paragraphs are missing in the audio. Pretty disappointed :(
@omg9261 Жыл бұрын
Love this voice actor the most. Thank you for the upload 💛
@sapphicnickel4 жыл бұрын
Hot take: I like the music and think it adds to the experience
@b.terenceharwick32228 жыл бұрын
Beautifully read...
@dmisso422 ай бұрын
My mother read me the Alice stories (as well as the Just So stories and Mary Poppins). She sang all the songs rather more tunefully than Sir John! That was in 1950.
@randas.1286 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully read ! Thank you !
@stephenreeds3672 Жыл бұрын
A shame that there are parts missed out... The Caucus Race, The White Rabbit's House, the song in the Duchess' Kitchen. Why?
@lyucyselkieoizys84116 жыл бұрын
I am glad to find this! Good voice!
@joytekb4 жыл бұрын
I think sir John Gielgud would be pleased to read this comment.I am just amused.:)
@wallacewilliams5353 жыл бұрын
@@joytekb d'ye think he had any formal training or experience?
@JMDinOKC3 жыл бұрын
It is SO disappointing that Gielgud, who is surely among the best "Alice" readers, reads abridged versions of both this book and "Through the Looking-Glass." And the echo gives his voice an annoying booming quality.
@paddymeboy3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he sounds like he's in another room, it's a real shame.
@valentinefrey51642 жыл бұрын
I think this is Alice's Adventures Underground, the original shorter version which later grew into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
@JMDinOKC2 жыл бұрын
@@valentinefrey5164 However, there was only one version of TTLG, and Gielgud also reads an abridged version of that. The best unabridged recordings are by Cyril Ritchard.
@valentinefrey51642 жыл бұрын
@@JMDinOKC Interesting. I had assumed this was Alice's Adventures Underground because of the text that gets Alice directly the hallway to the forest that doesn't occur in Alice in Wonderland. In any case, I'm very happy we have this, abridged or not.
@Cat911ramos7 жыл бұрын
lovely music is besides the point. it obscures the voice, the reading of the book. that is almost as bad as a voice (loud talk) obscuring the music at a concert! It's sad to me that I cannot enjoy such a lovely, dreamy reading because I can barely hear it above the music. if I could download, separate the voice and music tracks, and lower the music track a few decibels, I'd totally do that. I'd also never hire this sound engineer.
@mistergacado44004 жыл бұрын
?? I'm pretty sure the music is played on it's own as short interludes between chapters
@bluyun7 жыл бұрын
what songs are playing in the background? i love them
@RomanStyran7 жыл бұрын
+mali Extracts from Mendelssohn's string symphonies and Boyce's symphonies.
@bluyun7 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot
@cowboykelly65904 жыл бұрын
SPECTACULAR!! Thank You For This.
@chefcabbage6 жыл бұрын
I can't hear the words because of the music!
@WadeWeigle2 жыл бұрын
The classical segments are a bit too long for my tastes. Had it been a small pause between chapters it would be very pleasant but as it is, it’s fairly distracting. An excellent reading however as Sir Gielgud’s voice is always pleasing to listen to. Thank you for sharing this.
@amandaboyette73795 жыл бұрын
This is so pleasant and charming. I love it.
@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful name you have as well as pfp, and it's nice to meet you. And yeah, I love Alice In Wonderland very much myself.
@loveagcummings29998 жыл бұрын
wonderful i must buy the book
@Vejur90003 жыл бұрын
Why does it sound as if it was recorded in the room next door? Am I the only one who can barely hear his great voice and acting?????
@enharmonics7 жыл бұрын
I'm very confused as to why several sections of the story are missing, like the Caucus Race and getting trapped in the Rabbit's house.
@moitanx6 жыл бұрын
Permanent Placeholder it's abridged
@trenttrent32983 жыл бұрын
Yeah this isn't the real version.
@VanityDreamz5 жыл бұрын
godamnit!! i just wanna hear it while sleepin but these adds are killing me!! ugh, ill just have to download it...
@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's probably better. Nothing to interrupt your personal download.😉
@rnjsrw963 жыл бұрын
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@alejandromardueno36595 жыл бұрын
Thank you this WILL HELP ME WITH MY AR
@Mochimooni865 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and tranquil
@lolikpof4 жыл бұрын
Why is this version different from most???
@Wisehousepublishingunlimited7 жыл бұрын
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@josephmetz8903 жыл бұрын
Beautiful music.
@dryu7879 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, very optimistic.... Like at funeral
@barbaracarlson2544 жыл бұрын
marvelous!
@cloudthegoodkatch3 жыл бұрын
CAN ANYONE PLEASE DIRECT ME TO WHEN ALICE SAYS “things were much more pleasant at home, when one wasn’t growing smaller and larger and being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn’t gone down the rabbit hole- and yet-“
@sergeant58482 жыл бұрын
Forget this youtube copy. Audio is terrible. Sounds like Sir John is reading out loud in the basement with the door closed and I'm upstairs by the fire!
@1trickshotatatime1522 жыл бұрын
You made my teacher make me to whatch this
@aimeefritz91863 жыл бұрын
Bookmark: 1:13:45
@lorettanze170511 ай бұрын
The music should not have been allowed to obscure his wonderful voice.
@jacktoddy97834 жыл бұрын
Why is Sir John Gielgud reading this book in the lavatory?
@cowboykelly65904 жыл бұрын
BAHAHAHA...
@adorothyinkansas43924 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows you get perfect resonance in a bathroom! And, I'm told "great lighting" for 'insta' pictures! 💁🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️😜😬
@wallacewilliams5353 жыл бұрын
he had heard everything sounds better in the shower, but he didn't want to get the book wet.
@mudswallow50742 жыл бұрын
Abridged. Heavily 😞
@EricBrettJones7 жыл бұрын
The reverb was added later?
@RomanStyran7 жыл бұрын
+Eric Brett Jones nothing has been added
@EricBrettJones7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for clearing that up. It is a very strange production, I imagined Geilgud would have less clutter.
@salt_cots6 жыл бұрын
No reverb, so far as I understand. Nimbus believed in recording in a very fine hall on the English/Welsh border. Their website says: “The recordings were made in the Ballroom of the beautiful Victorian Wyastone Leys house, resulting in a fairly resonant acoustic.”
@TheLambLive6 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked there at the time, was a friend of Count Labinsky. You're absolutely right. I listened to this over and over as a kid.
@wallacewilliams5353 жыл бұрын
that's just the natural echo of the room it was recorded in. you realize that Gielgud was an actor and not a sound engineer, right? the room choice may have been intentional, as a touch of echo was considered to lend authority to a voice (Roddy MacDowell and John Houston took advantage of this endlessly) but I'll bet that Sir John left the engineering to the engineers and the direction to the directors. simpler times.
@zyral.f.69383 жыл бұрын
Misleading title since abridged with music excerpts, not to mention a fuckton of ads.
@smsjsjdj83194 жыл бұрын
Mi assistant manager on google took me here
@levbog79675 ай бұрын
1:25:38 for those doing wolsey hall
@jimstormcrow8 жыл бұрын
Bliss.
@Viper_Dox2 жыл бұрын
Book mark for myself: 41:46 47:00
@laurenstygar79964 жыл бұрын
Hey...just a state of mind. TEA NOW!
@cliftoncoles64512 жыл бұрын
So many cuts! :(
@katietew25287 жыл бұрын
58:28
@alisaminnies14873 жыл бұрын
bookmark 1:04:95
@thesadwalrus65994 жыл бұрын
1:10:16
@lolikpof4 жыл бұрын
16:09
@fokusnikfm3 жыл бұрын
16:00
@Jordan_field5 жыл бұрын
this is diffrent tothe movie
@ele98724 жыл бұрын
2:53( to save my spot :)
@tonymatthews73304 жыл бұрын
the sound quality is poor. too bad
@peterfreeman66773 жыл бұрын
The sound levels are rather muted. It's as if he's reading aloud in the next room.
@allangamayev36144 жыл бұрын
!!!!!!!!!!!!
@alexistomscak41388 жыл бұрын
30:15
@royrain52102 жыл бұрын
Why the anoying music
@elizabethbower21683 жыл бұрын
He might be a good actor but he is a very poor narrator
@JELLYJELLOFISH.COM4523 күн бұрын
WHAT!? I LOVE HIS NARRATIVE
@LUCYCORNEY7 жыл бұрын
Rubbish LoL
@manylittlefish6937 жыл бұрын
Lucy Corney Are your describing yourself?
@tinytuesday32376 жыл бұрын
Ms. Zombangle are your trying to be funny?
@cantagiousca5220 Жыл бұрын
Audio is terrible,sounds like the author is reading it from inside a whale,the music drowns out the words